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VASA BREVIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vasa brevis mean? 

VASA BREVIS (noun)
  The noun VASA BREVIS has 1 sense:

1. several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomachplay

  Familiarity information: VASA BREVIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VASA BREVIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria gastrica breves; short gastric artery; vasa brevis

Hypernyms ("vasa brevis" is a kind of...):

arteria gastrica; gastric artery (the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach)


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